John
Chapter 3:1-21

¹There was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.* ²The same came to Jesus by night and said unto Him, "Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God; for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, unless God be with him." ³Jesus answered and said unto him,

"Verily, verily I say unto thee, unless a man be born again, he cannot see the Kingdom of God."

⁴Nicodemus said unto Him, "How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?" ⁵Jesus answered,

"Verily, verily I say unto thee, unless a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the Kingdom of God. ⁶That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. ⁷Marvel not that I said unto thee, `Ye must be born again.' ⁸The wind bloweth where it will, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit."

⁹Nicodemus answered and said unto Him, "How can these things be?" ¹⁰Jesus answered and said unto him,

"Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things? ¹¹Verily, verily I say unto thee, we speak what we know and testify what we have seen; and ye receive not our witness. ¹²If I have told you earthly things and ye believe not, how shall ye believe if I tell you of heavenly things? ¹³And no man hath ascended up to Heaven, but He that came down from Heaven, even the Son of Man who is in Heaven.* ¹⁴And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up, ¹⁵that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have eternal life.

¹⁶"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.* ¹⁷For God sent not His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.*

¹⁸"He that believeth in Him is not condemned; but He that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. ¹⁹And this is the condemnation: that Light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.* ²⁰For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. ²¹But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God."

*1 Jn 7:50. *13 Jn 6:62. *14 Num 21:9, Pr 30:4. *16 1 Jn 4:9. *17 Jn 12:47. *19 Jn 1:4.

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